2007-07-09 12:23:41 · 11 answers · asked by kathleen p 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Once it came to light, he(JPII) reacted decisively. Summoning America's cardinals to the Vatican in April 2002, he declared that "there is no place in the priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young."
Those words became the basis for the "zero tolerance" policy adopted two months later by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Over the following year, hundreds of priests resigned, retired or were suspended as the bishops pledged to remove any clergyman who had ever abused a minor.
In his address to U.S. cardinals in April 2002, he said it was "rightly considered a crime by society" as well as "an appalling sin in the eyes of God."
"To the victims and their families, wherever they may be, I express my profound sense of solidarity and concern," he added.
2007-07-09 12:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
good question. specific, John Paul the 2nd remains seen great. he is going to be a saint! i don't think of he became very smug. that's purely my opinion. he's a pope to be remembered. in spite of if he became Catholic, he visited alot of categories of church homes and human beings with different religions, jointly with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and he became a Tibetan Buddhist! effective, he could have been in contact in some abuse scandels, yet he did ask for forgiveness truly, and as I say, the Christian and/ or Catholic way is to forgive and to settle for human beings. He expressed appreciate to others, jointly with a Soviet chief, and while he became just about killed, he forgave the folk. i think, with all my coronary heart, that the Catholics who led to havoc are sorry for what they did. Being adversarial in direction of the church shouldn't help. it is going to easily reason greater resentment to a pair people who're harmless and had not something to do with it. human beings make errors! think of appropriate to the apostle, Paul, as an occasion. did not he attempt to kill the Christians? Later, regardless of the undeniable fact that, he repented and grew to become into the mild of the Lord. the main serious difficulty to narrate on is, Christians and Catholics the two love and appreciate God.
2016-12-14 04:00:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What was your reaction to pedophilia in the world? It is everywhere, it has always been there, and it always will. I've known that some adults molest children since I was a child myself. Since the Pope grew up in a different time, maybe he didn't find that out until he was a teen.
2007-07-09 12:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think the response was "What? Since when was THAT a sin?"
tebone's right. Once it came to the surface, a stand had to be taken... but before that, the above reply was the general consensus. Otherwise, it would have been taken care of long ago and wouldn't have been an issue to begin with.
2007-07-09 12:28:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think his reaction was to send the old skin flints to an obscure Parish, its called aiding and abetting, or protectionism. Whatever "Peter" allows on earth, will be allowed in heaven. Geez, heaven must be a perverts haven.
2007-07-09 12:33:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Not stern enough, that's for sure. I mean, did he ever call the cops on even one pedo priest? I seriously doubt it.
2007-07-09 12:27:36 · answer #6 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What do you expect the reaction to be from a "man" {shivers} ... who regularly wears a dress?
2007-07-09 12:26:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
He forgave the victims.
2007-07-09 12:34:09 · answer #8 · answered by Citizen Justin 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
He wanted to protect the priests.
Because you see, they were really the ones in danger.
2007-07-09 12:26:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
im sure he barely raised an eyebrow...
2007-07-09 12:26:00 · answer #10 · answered by johnny.zondo 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋